Name: Agios Epifanios (Soleas)
Transcribed name: Aya Bifan
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Agios Epifanios (Soleas)
Άγιος Επιφάνιος (Σολέας)
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Ayios Epiphanios
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Lefka
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 16,902.50
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
8,101.5 3,660.0 3,760.0 1,381.0
47.9% 21.7% 22.2% 8.2%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Lefka:
27.00
1,422.00
1.9%
District of Lefka:
0.00
28.00
0.0%
District of Lefka:
33.00
1,835.00
1.8%
District of Lefka:
33.00
1,857.00
1.8%
District of Lefka:
86.00
3,231.00
2.7%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Lefka:
264.50
20,730.86
1.3%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Lefka:
8,101.50
1,113,579.00
0.7%
District of Lefka:
40.00
1,853.00
2.2%
District of Lefka:
33.00
1,679.00
2.0%
District of Lefka:
388.00
8,397.00
4.6%
District of Lefka:
35.00
1,968.00
1.8%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Lefka:
3,660.00
93,687.00
3.9%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Lefka:
3,760.00
338,884.00
1.1%
District of Lefka:
9.00
610.00
1.5%
Animals (number)
District of Lefka:
14.00
9,132.00
0.2%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Lefka:
1,381.00
145,442.00
0.9%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Lefka:
16,902.50
1,691,592.00
1.0%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Hüseyin son of Mehmed
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 675.00
Abdülhamid son of Mehmed
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 1,040.00
'Ömer son of Mehmed
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 610.00
Daughter of Mustafa
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 190.00
Mustafa
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 0.00
Imam Hüseyin son of Hacı Osman
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 1,717.50
Hüseyin son of Mehmed
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 596.50
Wife of Osman son of Abdullah
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 85.00
Osman son of Abdullah
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 0.00
Mehmed son of Hasan
Agios Epifanios (Soleas) 50.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 86 264.50 8,101.50
002   land with vegetation 56 258.00 6,225.00
003   tree crops 8 6.00 465.00
004   mulberry crops 8 6.00 465.00
005   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 8 6.00 465.00
006   non tree crops 39 214.00 4,740.00
007   cotton 33 169.00 4,330.00
008   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 33 169.00 4,330.00
009   grains 6 45.00 410.00
010   grain field (eki̇n tarlasi) 6 45.00 410.00
011   fields, gardens and similar 9 38.00 1,020.00
012   field (tarla) 9 38.00 1,020.00
013   other land use 29 3.50 1,861.50
014   threshing floor (harman) 2 2.00 40.00
015   running/flowing water (ma-yi cari) 26 0.00 1,521.50
016   private field (hassa tarla) 1 1.50 300.00
017   land without vegetation 1 3.00 15.00
018   barren field (kiraç tarla) 1 3.00 15.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total trees 40 388 3,660.00
002   Total mulberry trees 11 146 1,045.00
003   mulberry trees (eşcar-ı dut) 11 146 1,045.00
004   olive trees 24 211 2,255.00
005   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 24 211 2,255.00
006   Total almond trees 3 5 100.00
007   almond trees (eşcar-ı badem 2) 3 5 100.00
008   carob trees 2 26 260.00
009   carob trees (eşcar-ı harub) 2 26 260.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 33 35 3,760.00
002   house (hane) 30 30 3,390.00
003   ruined house (harab hane) 1 1 150.00
004   buildings for animals 2 4 20.00
005   beehive (ari kovani) 2 4 20.00
006   Mills 1 1 350.00
007   olive oil mill (yağ deği̇rmeni̇) 1 1 350.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 9 14 1,381.00
002   sheep (agnam) 2 7 56.00
003   cow (inek) 2 2 200.00
004   ox (öküz) 5 5 1,125.00
005   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 4 4 1,000.00
This record was last edited on: March 1, 2019, 4:13 p.m.
Geography Department of Harokopio University and Sylvia Ioannou Foundation (2021).. Economy, environment and landscape in the Cypriot longue durée: The 1832/33 Ottoman Property Survey of Cyprus. Geographic Location: Agios Epifanios (Soleas). Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/6117/ on 22/03/2023.
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